Table of Contents

Main Page
Introduction
Acknowledgements
FAQ History
Table of Contents
Index

I.  What is Wine?

II.  How Wine is Made

• Growing Grapes
•   Phylloxera vastratrix 
•   University of California at Davis
• Harvest
• Initial Processing of the Grape Juice
• Turning Juice into Alcohol
•  Brettanomyces
  
• From Fermentation to Bottle:  Malolactic, Filtering and Fining,
                                              Barrel Aging and Blending
• Bottling Wine

III.  Aging Wine

IV.  Storing Wine

• Cellar Software

V.  Drinking Wine

• Temperature to Drink
• Opening the Bottle
• Corks & Capsules
• Corkscrews
• Dealing with the Open Bottle
• A Light Touch
• Smelling the Cork
• Decanting
• Letting the Wine Breathe
• Getting the Label Off
• Flaws
• Describing Wine
• The Ritualisitic Art of Wine in Restaurants and other Quibbles
• Restaurant Pricing
• Glassware
• Storing Wine After It's Opened

VI.  Buying Wine

• What Wine To Buy?
• Where To Buy Wine
• What is Wine Worth?"
• "My Signficant Other Doesn't Like Red Wine"

VII.  Wines

• Red Wine Grapes
• White Wine Grapes
• What's In A Name?
• Meritage
• The Fine Print, U.S. Style
• Champagne
• Port
• Dessert Wines
• Botrytis
• Eiswein a.k.a. Icewine
• Other Sweet Wines

VIII.  Wines Around the World

• Argentina

IX.  Food and Wine

X.  Learning about Wine

• Starting Out
• Cyberbia
• The Internet
• Internet Resources
• Miscellaneous Electronic Stuff
• Printed Materials
• Books
• Mazagines and Newsletters
• Miscellaneous
• Courses on Wine
• Wineries
• Wine Tastings
• Critics

XI.  Physiologic Notes on Wine

• Allergic Reactions
• Calories
• Pregnancy
• Wine as a Sleeping Aid
• Lead in Wine

XII.  Touring the Wine Country

• California
• Canada
• France

XIII.  Miscellany

• Importing
• Kosher Wine
• Making Your Own Wine
• Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster
• Recipes
• Shipping

Appendix A.  A Wine Bookmark Page

Legals

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